Business Analyst

At Barclays, we don’t just adapt to the future – we create it. Embark on a transformative journey as a Business Analyst, where you’ll support the organisation, achieve its strategic objectives by the identification of business requirements and solutions that address business problems and opportunities.

To be successful in this role, you should have experience with:

• Act as Business Analyst on Finance Change programmes spanning Product Control and Financial Control. Elicit, analyse, and document business requirements from Product Controllers, Financial Controllers, and related stakeholders.

• Translate accounting, control, and reporting requirements into clear functional specifications and user stories. Support process mapping, current‑state analysis, and target operating model design across PC & FC processes.

• Partner with Technology teams to support solution design, ensuring correctness of accounting, data flows, and controls. Support and coordinate UAT execution, including test scenarios, test cases, defect management, and business sign‑off.

• Assist with implementation planning, cutover support, and post‑go‑live stabilisation. Proactively identify data, control, and operational risks within proposed solutions.

• CA/MBA with Business Analyst experience within Product Control / Finance Control technology or any other related Investment Banking technology. Strong requirement‑gathering, documentation, and analytical skills.

• Experience working with cross‑functional stakeholders (Finance, Ops, Technology). Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex finance concepts clearly.

Some of Highly Valued Skills may include:

• Exposure to finance sub‑ledger platforms / finance transformation programmes.

• Understanding of controls, reconciliations, or regulatory reporting.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. 

The location of the role is Chennai.

Purpose of the role

To support the organisation, achieve its strategic objectives by the identification of business requirements and solutions that address business problems and opportunities. 

Accountabilities

• Identification and analysis of business problems and client requirements that require change within the organisation.
• Development of business requirements that will address business problems and opportunities.
• Collaboration with stakeholders to ensure that proposed solutions meet their needs and expectations.
• Support the creation of business cases that justify investment in proposed solutions.
• Conduct feasibility studies to determine the viability of proposed solutions.
• Support the creation of reports on project progress to ensure proposed solutions are delivered on time and within budget.
• Creation of operational design and process design to ensure that proposed solutions are delivered within the agreed scope.
• Support to change management activities, including development of a traceability matrix to ensure proposed solutions are successfully implemented and embedded in the organisation.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.